Yandex sends complaint to Antimonopoly Committee of Uzbekistan against Google

The Antimonopoly Committee of Uzbekistan held a meeting with representatives of Yandex LLC (Russian Federation)on ensuring competition when pre-installing mobile apps running on the Android OS.

Yandex is a Russian multinational company that owns a search engine Yandex.ru and various products (more than 50 online services), of which 27 are represented in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

During the meeting, representatives of the Committee informed Yandex representatives that today the antimonopoly authorities of most countries are paying more attention to the issue of regulating digital markets. Monopolization in the digital economy can harm not only the economy but also society as a whole.

In this regard, the Committee has developed a number of amendments to the competition law, providing for the introduction of antitrust requirements for digital platforms and Internet services, and is working to develop tools and methods for analyzing and effectively regulating cases of abuse of a dominant position in digital markets.

In addition, the parties exchanged views on the services provided by Yandex on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Yandex representatives reported that today Google Corporation, which is the developer of the Android OS, Google search engine, Google Play app and other various services, including the owner of the YouTube video hosting, is engaged in unfair practices that are aimed at limiting device manufacturers ' ability to choose partners - developers of mobile applications and services and their pre-installation on devices based on the Android OS.

In addition, representatives of the Consumer Protection Agency under the Antimonopoly Committee noted that the most popular Yandex service in Uzbekistan is the Yandex Taxi, whose consumers have repeatedly raised the issue of the company's compliance with the requirements of the legislation on consumer protection.

In particular, there are complaints about the absence of a Single Call center in the Yandex service. The Consumer Protection Agency reported on the need for Yandex to consider creating a single Call center in Uzbekistan in order to prevent possible violations of consumer protection legislation.